highwayman
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The video itself was cryptic, making reference to infamous 17th Century highwayman Dick Turpin.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
“Dick Turpin” stars Noel Fielding, best known here from “The Great British Baking Show,” as a potted version of the legendary 17th century highwayman, the accidental leader of a gang of brigands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
How many other writers could convincingly depict a blind highwayman or cap that eerie encounter with a duel on bagpipes between Alan and a son of the famous Rob Roy?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2021
On this date in 1879, the stages between Maricopa and Phoenix were held up so frequently that acting Gov. John W. Gasper offered a bounty of $500 for every highwayman caught in the act.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 9, 2017
Everyone knew that the difference between an unemployed mercenary and a highwayman was mostly one of timing.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Kirsty MacLaren, 33, plays Margot, the tour guide whose bus is targeted by the unlikely highwaymen.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
Thieves practicing the Welsh folk tradition of Mari Lwyd encounter two resurrected 19th-century highwaymen.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2023
Above all, Mackay is a compelling storyteller, whatever his topic: haunted houses, phony relics, celebrated highwaymen, the clever guiles of fortune-tellers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2019
“From Cockney rhyming slang to codes swapped among highwaymen, they’re tribal badges of identity, bonding mechanisms designed to distinguish the initiated, and to keep strangers out.”
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2017
This missing almanac business was not nearly as interesting as highwaymen would have been, but at least now it was all settled.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
